There has been a lot of chatter about the now infamous Google Memo and its ramifications, plus discussion over whether the sacking of James Damore was justified. Was he merely exercising his right of expression? Was he treated unfairly? Is the content of his memo worth examining in any great detail for factual content, or is it unsubstantiated bullshit?
If you want to read the memo, you can find it here – you may need a PDF reader to view it.
For all the ideas that Google is somehow biased toward women (and there’s also a hint at a bias toward ethnic minorities), Google’s main employee base is still the white male.
Damore goes on to suggest that ‘biological differences’ explain why men are better suited to leadership and status-driven roles. Unsurprisingly, women have reacted quite angrily to the suggestion they cannot do such jobs, and there is no reason to believe they can’t either – learning coding and other computer-based work is not a matter of biology – what the memo reveals is a damning lack of understanding of what it takes to be a woman in the workplace, especially somewhere like Silicon Valley, where women have to jump through hoops just to be heard.
Historically women have been forbidden from working in certain fields, due to the idea that they are too emotional, or too fragile, to handle them. Even today, in parts of the world such as the USA and the UK, women make up a small percentage of people entering into computing, yet in other parts of the world, women are demonstrating a passion for things like coding – Malaysia for example, and India. There is also no biological basis for the assumption that women suffer more from anxiety.
So whilst some folks jump up and down about the oppressive left and it’s evil views, it’s worth remembering that sexism is alive and strong within the computing and engineering field, and people like Damore encourage it, under the guise of rallying against political correctness. The reality? They don’t want to lose their privileged positions.
Plus, y’know, women were at the forefront of the invention of coding. At the time, it was seen as “data entry” & “women’s work,” very low paid – until men started flooding the field. Then, it was all about status & prestige & money, so it was no longer women’s work. *rolls eyes*
https://timeline.com/women-pioneered-computer-programming-then-men-took-their-industry-over-c2959b822523
Plus, y’know, women were at the forefront of the invention of coding. At the time, it was seen as “data entry” & “women’s work,” very low paid – until men started flooding the field. Then, it was all about status & prestige & money, so it was no longer women’s work. *rolls eyes*
https://timeline.com/women-pioneered-computer-programming-then-men-took-their-industry-over-c2959b822523